wracked
Twisted with agony
Wracked is an alternative spelling of racked, meaning tortured or strained: wracked with guilt, wracked by pain.
The spelling reflects confusion with wrack (ruin, destruction), as in wrack and ruin.
Some usage guides distinguish between them—racked for torture, wracked for destruction—but in practice they're used interchangeably for bodily or emotional torment.
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
guilt · remorse · despair · turmoil · heartbreak · devastation · affliction · haunted
Damaged beyond recovery
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ravagedSeverely damaged or destroyed
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
demolished · decimated · battered · mangled · broken · damaged · torn apart · laid waste
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
grief · guilt · remorse · despair · turmoil · heartbreak · devastation · affliction · haunted · troubled
ruined
Damaged beyond recovery
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ravagedSeverely damaged or destroyed
- shatteredBroken into fragments
wrecked · demolished · decimated · battered · mangled · broken · damaged · torn apart · laid waste
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
spasm · cramping · twinge · shooting · burning · stinging · inflammation · convulsion · seizure · wrench
- wrack and ruinState of total decay
- wrack one's brainsThink extremely hard